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Icarus The Owl Announced as Special Guest on Blue Swan Records Tour

Moments ago, the post-hardcore community erupted with the exciting news that Icarus The Owl will be joining the Blue Swan Records Tour as the previously billed “Special Guest.” Despite predictions that the guest spot would eventually go to masters of mystery, Secret Band, the selection of Icarus The Owl is definitely fitting for the tour […]

Sianvar’s Debut EP Is Available To Download For Free For One Day

Do you love Sianvar’s sound but haven’t picked up their EP yet? Then you’re in luck! The band posted a couple of hours ago that their EP is available to download for free until the end of the day today. You can nab yourself the digital copy of it by heading on over to the […]

Sianvar Won’t Be Touring For The Rest Of 2014

As you probably know by now, Sianvar consists of members of A Lot Like Birds, Dance Gavin Dance, Stolas and Hail The Sun. All of these bands have a lot of their own things going on most of the time. Because of that fact, Sianvar had to unfortunately announce the inevitable news that they would […]

Sianvar Stream New EP

It’s a new year, and what better way to start it off than with some new music? Post-hardcore supergroup Sianvar are happy to oblige. Anticipation has been building for the debut EP from the band, whose lineup includes guitarist Will Swan (Dance Gavin Dance), drummer Joseph Arrington (A Lot Like Birds), bassist Michael Littlefield (A […]

LISTEN: Sianvar – “Chest Pressure”

The forthcoming self-titled EP from post-hardcore super-group Sianvar is one of our staff’s most anticipated records of 2014, so we could not have been more excited when our friends over at Absolute Punk teamed up with the band to premiere the debut album’s second single. Entitled “Chest Pressure,” the cut is a glorious mixture of […]

A Lot Like Birds To Tour Early 2014 With Sianvar, Stolas, The Venetia Fair

After the release of their excellent No Place, Sacramento’s A Lot Like Birds toured in support of the album with HRVRD, Night Verses, and My Iron Lung, having just wrapped up the outing earlier this month. The band will take but only a minor break for the holidays before heading back out on the road […]

Sianvar (Members of DGD, ALLB, Stolas, Hail The Sun) Release First Single As A Band

We’ve been anxiously awaiting any activity from Sianvar ever since the band announced their supergroup existence. Last week, the five-piece released a very brief song teaser and announced that their debut EP is set to come out on January 5, 2014 via Blue Swan. Today, we get the first full track from Sianvar, which is […]

Sianvar Release Brief Teaser For Upcoming Debut EP

There has been a lot of supergroup chatter this year but for fans of post-hardcore, Sianvar is a stellar synthesis of talents containing members of elite genre acts (and good friends) Dance Gavin Dance, Stolas, A Lot Like Birds, and Hail The Sun. While all four bands certainly have similar styles, they all bring their […]

UTG VIDEO PREMIERE: Strawberry Girls – “Negro Spiritual” (Live In Studio)

Strawberry Girls have been one of our favorite bands for some time, well before they signed to Tragic Hero Records. The self-described “groove rock” band has the physical release of their debut full length album, French Ghetto, coming up on October 1. In anticipation, they’ve filmed a live video of one of the deepest jams […]

Strawberry Girls Announce Physical Release For ‘French Ghetto’

Strawberry Girls, one of our favorite up and coming bands, released their first album, French Ghetto, independently, but then signed to Tragic Hero Records for a physical release. That physical release now has a date: October 1, 2013. No vinyl appears to be available (hipster me is sad), but there is a CD for a mere […]

Dance Gavin Dance Announce Fall Tour Dates

Dance Gavin Dance have announced they will be headlining a string of dates throughout the United States this fall with support from Abandon All Ships, Stolas, and Incredible’ Me. The trek comes before the group’s run with Finch on their What It Is To Burn ten-year anniversary tour. While there are more dates and locations […]

Members Of Dance Gavin Dance, A Lot Like Birds And More Start New Band

Yes, you heard right! Will Swan (Dance Gavin Dance guitarist), Joseph Arrington (A Lot Like Birds drummer), Michael Littlefield (A Lot Like Birds bassist), Donovan Melero (Hail The Sun vocalist), and Sergio Medina (Stolas guitarist) all joined together to form the new group, Sianvar. According to their Facebook, they will begin recording music starting this […]